It's silly of me to be this late when I have a long list of upcoming anniversaries that was written quite a while ago.

But with Kredel, it's "better late than never."

Born in Germany, he died in NYC in 1973.

Chances are you've seen his work more than once. At least two of his editions are still in print, I believe. Namely, "Aesop's Fables" (I WISH I knew who the reteller is; it doesn't say) and "Grimms' Fairy Tales."

Images:

https://www.google.com/search?q=fritz+kredel+aesop&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwi6_vH-mueBAxUmP1kFHcKlD84Q2-cCegQIABAA&oq=fritz+kredel+aesop&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzoECAAQHjoHCAAQGBCABFDnBVjGF2DzGWgAcAB4AIABWogB6gSSAQIxMZgBAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1nwAEB&sclient=img&ei=XQYjZfrbD6b-5NoPwsu-8Aw&bih=880&biw=1920

https://www.google.com/search?q=fritz+kredel+grimm&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjC9M6qm-eBAxV9IWIAHbgKAPwQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=fritz+kredel+grimm&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzoECAAQHjoHCAAQGBCABFCiBVjOFGCdGGgAcAB4AIABN4gBmwSSAQIxMZgBAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1nwAEB&sclient=img&ei=uAYjZcK4Ov3CiLMPuJWA4A8&bih=880&biw=1920

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Kredel

First half:

Fritz Kredel (February 8, 1900 – April 12, 1973) was a German, later American artist and graphic designer.[1]
Early years

He was born in Michelstadt-im-Odenwald, then in the Grand Duchy of Hesse of the German Empire. In his early years, he studied under Rudolf Koch at Offenbach School of Art and Design, and developed skills in woodcuts. In 1920, he began studying at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Offenbach am Main.[2] Koch and Kredel collaborated on A Book of Signs (1923) and The Book of Flowers (1930). Following Koch's death in 1934, Kredel moved to Frankfurt, but in 1938, he fled Germany for political reasons with help from Melbert Cary.
Career

After emigrating to the United States that year, he taught at Cooper Union in New York and continued to work as an artist. He produced illustrations for over 400 books in German and English and received many awards and honors.. Many of his originals are now housed at the Art Library at Yale University.[3] ...

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And this has a photo of him, plus much more.

https://allthingsruffnerian.blogspot.com/2012/05/illustrator-fritz-kredel.html

You will also see Kredel's pictures from Andersen's Fairy Tales, but I would say that Kredel's illustrations for that book aren't as well known as those by Arthur Szyk. (For some reason, the Kredel edition of Grimm is often sold in the same slipcase as the Szyk edition of Andersen. The former is red; the latter is typically green. You can see that at the second URL I provided.)